ISSN:
1551-2916
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
Nanoindentation has revealed significant scatter of the microscale hardness and elastic modulus of an amorphous SiCN ceramic, because of structural inhomogeneities (nanopores and clusters of free carbon within the material). As a consequence of the common feature, an amorphous nature, SiCN, in regard to its mechanical properties, resembles SiO2 glass more than SiC or Si3N4. However, because of the stronger Si—C and Si—N covalent bonding, SiCN is harder and stiffer than SiO2. The mean hardness—13 ± 2 GPa, measured at a load of 250 mN for SiCN—is approximately half that of polycrystalline Si3N4 (24.9 ± 0.6 GPa) but higher than that of SiO2 glass (8.9 ± 0.04 GPa). The elastic modulus of the SiCN, measured at a load of 250 mN, is 121 ± 10 GPa.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.2001.tb00806.x
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